Social regulation in an online game: Uncovering the problematics of code

Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 173-182

  Ackerman, Mark S ^a   Muramatsu, Jack ^b   McDonald, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Vinyl Pulse   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

code; ethnography; games; online communities; police; social computing; social control; social interaction; social life; social regulation; socio technical design; software infrastructure; user study; virtual communities

Indexed keywords

CODE; ETHNOGRAPHY; GAMES; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; POLICE; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL REGULATION; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

DESIGN; INTERNET; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78751685483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1880071.1880101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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